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Headquarters of the Capital City Trainer Association.
The annual Gym Leader eting was about to begin.
Gym Leaders from thirty-four provincial capitals had gathered to discuss matters related to their roles over the previous year and plan ahead for upcoming tasks.
However, the main purpose was to facilitate communication between Gym Leaders from across the region, while simultaneously conducting this year's Gym Leader qualifying tournant.
The distance from Green Valley to Capital City wasn't far—just a two-hour flight.
That's why Chris had only departed on the morning of the eting itself.
His 9 AM flight had arrived shortly after 11 o'clock.
He found a restaurant for lunch, then waited until 1 PM before reporting to the Trainer Association headquarters.
Under the enthusiastic gazes of a group of "fans," Chris made his way to the third floor.
The Gym Leader eting was held in the Central Conference Room.
Walking in, he saw a massive round table with thirty-five seats. The extra seat was reserved for the eting organizer—the vice president of the Capital City Trainer Association.
As for why the Champion wasn't running this eting—well, the China region Champion typically only participated in Elite Four gatherings.
"Chris! Over here!"
The mont Chris entered, he spotted his senior colleague Alexis waving him over.
"Senior," Chris responded, hurrying toward her.
The thirty-five seats each had a gym na labeled on them. Next to the Ice Dragon Gym was the Green Valley Gym spot. Chris wondered if Senior Alexis had deliberately arranged to sit beside him.
Many Gym Leaders had already arrived, and upon hearing Chris's na, several heads turned to locate him.
Over the past months, Chris had beco quite famous throughout China.
It wasn't just that his Chris Breeding House had pioneered the concept of "Individual Values," creating a trend that attracted Trainers from all over.
There was also his astonishing record of winning twelve consecutive battles against challengers in just over a month. Anyone who reviewed the records of these twelve battles would discover sothing remarkable:
In each of these twelve battles, Chris had never substituted a Pokémon.
In other words, Chris had ended every match with a single Pokémon sweeping through the opponent's entire team.
Such formidable battling prowess and ruthless strategy had led to an interesting situation—after these twelve battles, Chris hadn't received any new challenges for quite so ti. Instead, there were nurous Trainers who wished to enter the Green Valley Gym to request that Chris take them on as apprentices.
Chris, naturally, had declined these requests.
Whether through reputation or strength, he had already earned recognition throughout China's Pokémon community. His position as a Gym Leader was well-deserved.
No one considered Chris rely a shooting star that had temporarily brightened the night sky.
So had even begun predicting when Chris might beco an Elite Four mber, and eventually challenge for the Championship.
"It's been a while since I've seen you, and I feel like you've changed sohow!" Alexis examined Chris carefully, sensing that her junior colleague seed different from when they'd first t.
"What's different?"
"Well... you're a bit taller, and your deanor has changed," Alexis said after careful observation. "Your presence feels more... ethereal, almost like a Master Trainer. Hmm, I can't quite explain it specifically. Perhaps I should bring you to visit my teacher soday so he can see for himself."
"Senior, I'm 19 years old—isn't growing taller perfectly normal?" Chris replied with a smile as he took his seat.
His height had indeed increased considerably recently. He'd originally been around 5'11", but now he was approaching 6'1". As for his deanor... perhaps it had sothing to do with the orbs.
The sensation of commanding the elents with a re gesture did tend to give one a more masterful presence.
"If you hadn't ntioned it, I'd almost forgotten you were only 19," Alexis remarked, unable to help curling her lips in amusent. Beyond his handso appearance, her junior colleague's battling prowess, manner of speaking, and overall deanor hardly resembled what one would expect from a 19-year-old.
"Alexis, aren't you going to introduce your friend when eting new colleagues?"
While the two were chatting, a bald man approached them and sat down on Alexis's left.
Three or four others had arrived together, apparently eager to et Chris.
"Get lost! You troublemakers are up to no good. If I introduce my junior to you, I'll probably regret it soon enough," Alexis responded with mock disgust, though she proceeded with introductions anyway.
"This is Atticus from the Forest Gym. You can just call him Baldy Atticus."
"Who are you calling bald? Be careful or I'll destroy you in the qualifying matches!" Atticus protested, looking montarily irritated. However, when he turned to Chris, his expression imdiately softened into a smile.
"The famous Chris! I've admired your reputation for quite so ti. If you ever need any Water-type Pokémon in the future, feel free to contact !"
"Destroy ? Please! Rember the last ranking match when I had you running circles around the arena? Or did you forget?" Alexis scoffed before continuing with the next introduction.
"From the Cloud Gym, this is Remi. I like to call him Cara Remi!"
"Hello, Gym Leader Chris. I've heard so much about you."
Remi was an intellectual-looking young man wearing a light blue pinstriped shirt, black-rimd glasses, and a silver watch. A vintage cara hung from his neck.
The combination seed sowhat eccentric.
He had a gentle smile and appeared to be a few years older than Alexis.
"Hello," Chris nodded politely.
Afterward, Alexis introduced several more Gym Leaders to Chris—all people he believed would make good allies.
He also warned Chris about certain Gym Leaders with whom he should avoid associating, advising caution around them.
After all, there existed an inherently competitive relationship among Gym Leaders.
In the gym ranking battles, only the first-place finisher earned the right to challenge the Elite Four, but that didn't an the other rankings were aningless.
The thirty-four Gym Leaders were divided into four tiers.
Apart from the singular first place position, the remaining thirty-three Gym Leaders were grouped by eleventh position.
Salaries for Trainers in differently ranked gyms varied accordingly.
For example, regarding Treasure level Pokémon items:
As a Gym Leader, the basic allocation was three items, but the number one Gym Leader might receive six or seven.
Similar differences applied to other inco sources and tax rates—not just 1%, but potentially 2-3%.
"Ti's up! Let's officially begin this eting!"
Suddenly, a plump woman in black professional attire stood at the eting convener's position and addressed everyone.
She was Nora, the vice president of the Trainer Association.
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